CNN could not verify the authenticity of the images, nor when they were taken.

The images were provided to CNN at a time when there is some wavering of support from within the Arab League for the coalition military effort. The image of a mosque that may have been destroyed by Gadhafi loyalists may provoke angst in the Arab and Muslim world.

A CNN team that was in Zawiya both before and after government forces retook the city confirmed the mosque served as a makeshift clinic as well as a rallying point and command center for the resistance.

The mosque was badly damaged during fighting to retake the city, the CNN team reported.